Respecting and preserving the environment

Promoting environmental sustainability both in our daily activities and in how we work with others

Environmental Sustainability

We use sustainable business practices around the world and give employees opportunities to practice environmental responsibility

At Mastercard, we are responsibly managing our overall environmental footprint by focusing on three areas – energy conservation, recycling and pollution control.

Facilities

All of our owned buildings have attained LEED certification. Our St. Louis data center earned a LEED’s Platinum designation and received an ENERGYSTAR score of 96, ranking in the top 4th percentile of energy efficient buildings.

Complete use of hydroelectric power at our European headquarters, which has significantly reduced our GHG emissions in Europe.

Relocation or reconfigurations of our offices to next-generation buildings or practices, including a 20% reduction in energy usage and GHG emissions in our Asia-Pacific offices.

Implemented a program to reduce exposure to potentially hazardous contaminants; over 80% of janitorial cleaning products are low-emitting & least-toxic.

Installed 35% more efficient indoor plumbing fixtures than the national standard.

Employees

Employee-led Environmental Action Teams at nine locations worldwide are working to increase awareness.

By encouraging double-sided, black and white printing in our offices, we have reduced the number of pages printed by 33 million since 2009.

In Europe, our efforts to reduce carbon emissions include a bicycle allowance and a company car policy that factors the car's carbon footprint into employees' taxation.

At our U.S. headquarters, we provide car charging stations, shuttle bus service and an employee garden with composting and honey bee hives.

We also partner with customers to develop products and services that help businesses and consumers reduce their impact on the environment.

We support environmental protection in China through our participation in the Live Green, Shop Green campaign, which is aimed at guiding young people toward adopting an environmentally conscious lifestyle.